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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

ianpspurs said:
Morning all from L.A. where the border twixt late summer and autumn keeps changing ever so slightly. I'm not complaining as heating costs remain within the guidelines; no ugly red on Excel. Changing the rules is the talk of the town or Westminster Bubble so one just changes the conditional formatting and all is good - someone should tell Rachel. @gennepher hug for the stress but thanks for sharing the lovely photo. @jjraak yesterday's excursion sounds as though it was a tonic for the soul even if the knee may whinge for a while. Thank you for sharing the amazing photos. Reminds me that after initially being awed by regularly seeing all the landmarks up close and personal I soon realised I belong in wide open, basically deserted, Cambridgeshire Fen landscape, certain types of cricket field and Churches. I also realised that, despite working in a people profession, I'm usually not comfortable around most people except very close family. I have since learned that The Perigord Noir and Paphos (well, one hotel) "work" for me - in the company of JKP and boys. @dunelm thank you for that sign. Good job I was up well before 6.00 am to watch the cricket, blink and it was over and out. Today I have a dilemma, super salmon salad as per or beef for St Luke? - quite the patron saint. Enjoy at least some but preferably all of your own Friday.
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Thanks Ian
@ianpspurs
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a do not rain day here in French Froggy France. Lots more sorting yesterday and treasures discovered including a photo album of family snaps taken in the 1960’s. My niece, who arrived yesterday was taken with the images; “these are great grandma as I have only known you and grandad as old folk.” Well, there you go. Out to lunch today before my niece heads back to Bordeaux. Art bit, last of the yellow I feel. Hope your day goes well even if it doesn’t feel like a Friday. Must make koffy.
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Beautiful finding that album @dunelm

I love the painting....
 
Fbg 6.9

Wildlife video
Night time creatures in my garden.
But YouTube wasted my time this morning.
I had written in all the boxes as I usually do, but title and description won't 'take' . Each time I fill them in it comes back blank saying 'Error'
I have wasted a full hour trying to correct this, and using a different device, but it keeps saying 'error' and won't fill in.
That is my internet 'playtime' gone. I won't be coming back on again today, maybe tonight or tomorrow....
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It is fine weather out there, and I have lost an hour of that...see you all tomorrow...

I want to play, have fun, enjoy the day, not be at the grindstone with inefficient technology, inefficient software, stupid inefficient YouTube, etc

Creative...a new series for the next few days until I feel like drawing again (or have time because of the other inefficient stupid technology issues I am trying to sort)..a photographic tour of my garden... the badger has rearranged many of my ornaments (broken some eg a head missing) and so here's where I have found some of them...I used to have many intact ornaments, and made little tableaus (or is it an 'x' instead of an 's'). I used to enjoy taking photographs of them.

One of the guardians of the garden today, the badger had bit the head off his mate, so he is not very friendly....

Have your best day ...

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ianpspurs said:
Great find with that photo album and wonderful reaction from your niece. The other day I found a copy of the DVD we had made from our wedding video (and 2 original videos, not sure if anyone still has a video player, why would they?) and may show our grandchildren next weekend (we did keep a Blu-ray player that plays dvds, I don't really know why - laziness?), could be interesting as there are so many of their ancestors long since passed away and Nanny and Granddad 40 years younger and "dressed up." We don't have photos about here (well, I won't) - did back in the Old Country. Your art is always quality Sir but today's piece is one I especially like. If I was a man who put things on walls that is one I'd happily hang. Thank you for creating and sharing.
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Thank you @ianpspurs - hope the grandchildren enjoy the video show
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.9

Wildlife video
Night time creatures in my garden.
But YouTube wasted my time this morning.
I had written in all the boxes as I usually do, but title and description won't 'take' . Each time I fill them in it comes back blank saying 'Error'
I have wasted a full hour trying to correct this, and using a different device, but it keeps saying 'error' and won't fill in.
That is my internet 'playtime' gone. I won't be coming back on again today, maybe tonight or tomorrow....
28secs

It is fine weather out there, and I have lost an hour of that...see you all tomorrow...

I want to play, have fun, enjoy the day, not be at the grindstone with inefficient technology, inefficient software, stupid inefficient YouTube, etc

Creative...a new series for the next few days until I feel like drawing again (or have time because of the other inefficient stupid technology issues I am trying to sort)..a photographic tour of my garden... the badger has rearranged many of my ornaments (broken some eg a head missing) and so here's where I have found some of them...I used to have many intact ornaments, and made little tableaus (or is it an 'x' instead of an 's'). I used to enjoy taking photographs of them.

One of the guardians of the garden today, the badger had bit the head off his mate, so he is not very friendly....

Have your best day ...

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I can't unsee that with a red MAGA baseball cap on now. :arghh: Not very friendly is somewhat of an understatement, positively Halloween like but beautifully photographed as usual. Do you think the badger(s) saw it and the companion as enemies/threats so attacked one then thought what pathetic creatures, they are no threat at all? I'll leave that with any badger psychologists out there.
 
LivingLightly said:
Yes I've often bagged up surplus leaves @SlimLizzy when I've run out of space elsewhere and they break down into leafmould as long as they're not allowed to dry out.

Fabulous fungi photos @SlimLizzy. The fruiting bodies on your walnut tree stump look suspiciously like the dreaded honey fungus Armillaria mellea

Thursday 's FBG 4.8 mmol/l on waking at 6.00 am.
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We have an old cider apple orchard, the trees are gradually dying and all stumps produce fungus, though not always the same one.
There are also many "mushrooms" MrSlim is always keen to try them and sometimes it has taken significant effort to dissuade him. Here you can take your mushrooms to a pharmacist for reliable identification, but no, he just chucks them into a frying pan.
Last year he was about to eat them when I pointed out that they were rather grey and slimy, didn't look right to me. Also he needed to be aware that most poisonous mushrooms have toxins that attack the kidneys. Since he only has partially functioning kidneys, is it worth the risk?
Thankfully he made the sensible decision.
MrSlim does actually have both his kidneys, one with impaired function, can't remember the figure, but its not high and the other at about 10%, almost useless, but better than nothing.
To me it's utterly stupid to take a risk with something that might have an adverse effect on them.
 
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LivingLightly said:
Splendid shot of Snowy Inkcaps Coprinopsis nivea too! @SlimLizzy

Thursday 's FBG 4.8 mmol/l on waking at 6.00 am.
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Since you enjoyed the photos so much, here is a pic of the same again from today. The three in the foreground are literally melting away. Dripping black.
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Thank you for the identification too @LivingLightly
 
Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen.

Blood sugars this morning were 6.5
Here in Tilehurst Towers Friday blood sugar readings seem to slightly higher and I’m saying why. :)

This morning I had my flu jab and 10th covid jab. Just before I had the jabs I was asked if I was over 65, Me being me couldn’t let this opportunity go, therefore my reply was along the lines of “Do I not look like I’m over 65?” An embarrassed silence followed then the answer was almost whispered “Yes” . I do have a reputation to maintain at this dispensing pharmacist.

Stay safe all
 
jjraak said:
Kind of you to say so @ianpspurs

Appointment went well .

If nothing else I might get that referral I've been after back to kings to review leg.

3 years in and something just isn't right, still most grateful though for the skill & expertise of the surgeons for all they did for me that day .

But this pain issue can't be part of daily life without some investigation.

Anyway, after appointment, suitably prepared with my cane, and channelling my very best David Niven/Hugh Laurie in house (take ya pick )

In my mind, while this was a real trek for me.
It was of the mindset, i might not get better days than today.

So exhausted and most likely to be paying the price listening to Mr achy knee for the next few days, I'm luxuriating in physically just being 'out' there again among people.

It's been a long road, and a good way to go yet....but we're getting there, even if it is itsy bitsy baby steps

So post examination, I slowly sauntered off, resting often to enjoy what turned out to be quite a marvelous weather day.

Idea as suggested by Lauren, was to avoid the fees to go up the shard proper, and instead pop next door to the sky gardens .
Free to go up she said, and gawk & ooh at the views over London.

But silly me....
From the woman who directional skills, stop at "turn right...no no no ..the other right "... :rolleyes: :hilarious:

I should have doubted her locational skills

Apparently it's on the other side of river to the shard ..
"It's on the south side ..no no no the other south side...:arghh:"

So no overview from me of old London town.

But given the song choice, an appropriately inspired walk/hobble along the river running through it, Good ol' father Thames

For those not local, London must seem huge.

And with over 9 million people it is.

However for any reasonably healthy person, I'd say the more obvious tourists parts are very walkable and easily doable in a day or two
(not including the queuing and patient shuffling as one moves around each "pay here" site with seemingly everyone in London on the same day...)

So very walkable .

Mine is only a small snippet of what's on offer if one looks.

So please accept my pics as my meagre offering to the arts & crafts section of our fabulous little winglet of the forum.

Old London...
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Majestic (my fav pic )
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Old London meets new London.
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For obvious reasons, the Walkie Talkie Tower.
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One super yacht.
This one I believe, for those more nautical

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And the river itself HMS Belfast on view
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Rehab is a long road @jjraak. My injuries from being hit by a white van (no predictive text not a white can) while cycling were nowhere as bad as yours but I am still working on them 19 years later and still improving.

Lauren's locational skills sound very similar to mine. Me 'turn right'. Mr K 'turn right or the way you are pointing '
 
JohnEGreen said:
They built school desks really well in those days.
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Mine had a reinforced inkwell with quill, and a groove for my pencil.
JohnEGreen said:
Though they couldn’t protect you from a well aimed one of these launched from Mr McGlauphlin’s hand.

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Only the name has been changed to protect the guilty.
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My grammar school teachers were provisioned with multiple choices of ammunition.
I didn't mind the odd reminder, but the metal ruler across the knuckles I truly despised.
 
6.6 this horrible day, went to funeral early doors of a former colleague.
While it was good to see the friends, I just think that it should be celebration rather than mournful.

When I arrived back home a surprise of #2 was sitting there have a chat with Mrs L.
Over from yorkieland, for a few days holidaying on an island in the Atlantic.
I'm not jeslous.
I don't want to miss the wet, wind and cool weather, who would?

The cricket was very disappointing, the pitch more so.

The full moon was so bright this morning. I thought the sun had come up the wrong way.

My bestest wishes for the weekend.
 
No Fbg this morning - completely forgot until after breakfast.
Day 3 of Covid and actually do feel a bit better. Must be a bit better because I have got dressed today.
Predictive text has gone a bit crazy at the moment. It obviously thinks that as I am not 100% at the moment it can have a field day. I am picking up most of them before posting but one of then that got through was sonic book. Is there even such a thing.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
No Fbg this morning - completely forgot until after breakfast.
Day 3 of Covid and actually do feel a bit better. Must be a bit better because I have got dressed today.
Predictive text has gone a bit crazy at the moment. It obviously thinks that as I am not 100% at the moment it can have a field day. I am picking up most of them before posting but one of then that got through was sonic book. Is there even such a thing.
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Krystyna23040 said:
Rehab is a long road @jjraak. My injuries from being hit by a white van (no predictive text not a white can) while cycling were nowhere as bad as yours but I am still working on them 19 years later and still improving.

Lauren's locational skills sound very similar to mine. Me 'turn right'. Mr K 'turn right or the way you are pointing '
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My directions used to be visual rather than verbal. I do know left from right but tend to stick my hand out to the required direction before I can bring the right word to the fore. Must go back to the old days of indicating directions when driving.
 
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